Rihanna felt compelled to show off her son’s face with A$AP Rocky in a video posted to TikTok. At least that’s what journalist Jason Lee said on Twitter today.
The reporter said the singer contacted him yesterday after paparazzi photographed the child without permission. Photographers would publish them against the will of the parents.
“She said if anyone was going to post the pictures, she wanted it to be me. Rihanna wanted the black press to publish the images because she had no choice,” Lee said.
Now that the new photos of ASAP and Rihanna’s baby are out, let me tell you how that happened. Yesterday she FaceTimed me that paparazzi took unauthorized pictures of her baby and planned to release him. So she said if someone was going to publish it, she wanted me to do it.
Jason Lee (@theonlyjasonlee) December 17, 2022
The journalist also said he was honored by Rihanna’s faith in him but saddened by the turn the situation had taken. “I wish they had a choice,” he added.
Lee pointed out that Rihanna sought out the black press to post pictures taken without her permission.
“I wish more people would feel that way about black media,” he concluded.
However, the reporter didn’t explain why Rihanna herself showed her son’s face instead of him.